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How do you read fraction -5/2?
Mar 25, 2016 11:58 AM
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In the context of mathematics, I would say: "Negative five over two." Using 'over' explicitly states it is a fraction, and can be used for any x/y: "x over y". You can say "Negative" or "Minus", it really makes no difference. Personally I use "Negative" to explicitly state that the term is below zero. As a Physicist, I might need to read a lot of Maths, and this helps to remove confusion. "Minus" is used more around where I work as "x - y", "x minus y". If someone says "Minus" to me, I might assume there is some number they are subtracting it from!
March 25, 2016
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Minus five halves. Minus five over two. However, given the denominator is something simple like two people might be more likely to read it as a number: 'minus two and a half.'
March 25, 2016
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